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San Diego Real Estate Blog | Market Tips & Advice | Laurie MacDonald

  • Nonprofit Home Start Aims to Protect San Diego Children & Families 

    Nonprofit Home Start Aims to Protect San Diego Children & Families ,Cole Novak

    For more than 50 years, Home Start, Inc. has been working to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and communities. The nonprofit addresses conditions that increase the risk of abuse, such as poverty and unemployment, through education, therapy, and parenting support programs. La

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  • Irvine Company exits downtown San Diego with sale of One America Plaza

    Irvine Company exits downtown San Diego with sale of One America Plaza,Jennifer Van Grove

    Southern California real estate giant Irvine Company has completed its retreat from downtown San Diego with the sale of its flagship office tower, One America Plaza, to a familiar, high-net-worth buyer. On Tuesday, a joint venture affiliated with Sacramento-based real estate company Saca Development

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  • 8 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This November

    8 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This November,Cole Novak

    Feeding San Diego’s Thanksgiving Food Drive November 1-23 San Diego restaurants Cork & Craft, Glass Box, and Zen Modern Asian Bistro are teaming up with Feeding San Diego for a Thanksgiving food drive. The restaurants are offering a discount for donating nonperishable food items, and the food collec

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  • Average long-term US mortgage rate dips to 6.17%, its lowest level in more than a year

    Average long-term US mortgage rate dips to 6.17%, its lowest level in more than a year,Associated Press

    By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell for the fourth week in a row to its lowest level in more than a year. Lower mortgage rates boost homebuyers’ purchasing power. They also benefit homeowners eager to refinance their current home loan to a more attracti

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  • Casa LyP by LS Arquitecturas: A Modern Composition of Light and Simplicity

    Casa LyP by LS Arquitecturas: A Modern Composition of Light and Simplicity,Stefan Gheorghe

    Located in the open landscape of Novelda, Spain, Casa LyP by LS Arquitecturas is a refined exercise in geometry and light. The house features a minimalist exterior made of pale concrete volumes, where horizontal planes and deep overhangs create a strong architectural rhythm. Large floor-to-ceiling w

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend Oct. 28 – Nov. 2

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend Oct. 28 – Nov. 2,Cole Novak

    With spooky season gearing up for its last hurrah, San Diego has plenty of tricks and treats in store this weekend. Estancia La Jolla will host its Emerald-City esque Beyond the Rainbow party, Rooftop Cinema Club is showing a Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween marathon and Nightmare on Normal Street is we

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  • 15 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend Oct. 28 – Nov. 2

    15 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend Oct. 28 – Nov. 2,Cole Novak

    With spooky season gearing up for its last hurrah, San Diego has plenty of tricks and treats in store this weekend. Estancia La Jolla will host its Emerald-City esque Beyond the Rainbow party, Rooftop Cinema Club is showing a Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween marathon and Nightmare on Normal Street is we

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  • San Diego renter ordinance wants to stop landlords from charging for pets, trash collection

    San Diego renter ordinance wants to stop landlords from charging for pets, trash collection,Phillip Molnar, Roxana Popescu

    A proposed ordinance from two San Diego politicians would stop landlords from charging renters “junk fees” that include paying extra for pets and marking up trash collection, as well as offer other protections. San Diego Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera and San Diego County Supervisor Monica Montgomery

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  • Riverwalk developer secures $380M, resumes construction on Mission Valley project

    Riverwalk developer secures $380M, resumes construction on Mission Valley project,Jennifer Van Grove

    More than three years after breaking ground, the developer behind the Riverwalk project is finally in a financial position to erect its first residential and retail buildings on the expansive Mission Valley property that follows Friars Road west of Fashion Valley. Monday, Houston-based real estate i

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  • San Diego home prices have stopped rising. The nation isn’t far behind

    San Diego home prices have stopped rising. The nation isn’t far behind,Phillip Molnar

    National home prices are rising at their slowest level in more than two years, and San Diego is one of the markets dragging the average down. The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price decreased 0.66% annually in August, said the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report Tuesday. That placed San Di

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  • In Photos: San Diego’s Iconic Taco Shops

    In Photos: San Diego’s Iconic Taco Shops,Cole Novak

    San Diego’s taco shops don’t just feed our city, they cultivate culture. In Marshall Williams’ Taco Stand Vernacular photo series, these tortilla temples become a rigorous, black-and-white typology—glowing kiosks and drive-throughs isolated at dusk when the sky goes soft and signage calls to hungry

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  • First look: Foxhill development in La Jolla, with homes up to $27.5M, starts work

    First look: Foxhill development in La Jolla, with homes up to $27.5M, starts work,Phillip Molnar

    Work on the first gated community in La Jolla in decades started recently with the clearing of a three-hole golf course and the marketing of unbuilt homes. Foxhill La Jolla developers are busy transforming the site off Romero Drive for multimillion-dollar homes with ocean views. The 32-acre property

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  • This Concrete House Redefines Indoor-Outdoor Living with Raw Elegance and Soaring Spaces

    This Concrete House Redefines Indoor-Outdoor Living with Raw Elegance and Soaring Spaces,Stefan Gheorghe

    In Goiânia, Brazil, Dayala e Rafael Arquitetos Associados designed the Concrete House as a raw yet refined response to a steep terrain. The home unfolds across two levels, its bold horizontals anchoring it to the slope while large openings dissolve boundaries between interior and exterior. The skyli

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  • The Best Things to Do in San Diego: November 2025

    The Best Things to Do in San Diego: November 2025,Cole Novak

    November is here, and San Diego is buzzing with events and activities to kick off the holiday season. From community street fairs and local 5Ks to the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Navy and Marine Corps, there’s no shortage of things to do in the city this month. Sports fans can catch the Ra

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  • The Villa That Becomes the Mountain: Oppenheim’s Hidden Masterpiece in Albania

    The Villa That Becomes the Mountain: Oppenheim’s Hidden Masterpiece in Albania,Stefan Gheorghe

    Perched on the rugged cliffs of Jalë Bay, the Signature Villa by Oppenheim Architecture seems to emerge naturally from the Albanian landscape. Carved into the terrain, the structure’s cast-in-place concrete mimics the texture of the surrounding rock, creating a seamless dialogue between architecture

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  • Most expensive ever: This $50M beach mansion sets record for San Diego County

    Most expensive ever: This $50M beach mansion sets record for San Diego County,Phillip Molnar

    A Del Mar mansion has shattered San Diego County records for the most expensive residential property after it sold for $50 million this week. The newly built mansion at 2920 Camino Del Mar went on sale in November 2024 for $75 million but slashed its price to $59.5 million in June before finally sel

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  • Shuttered Costa Verde Center slated to be razed early next year

    Shuttered Costa Verde Center slated to be razed early next year,Jennifer Van Grove

    The owner of the Costa Verde Center just opposite Westfield UTC is, following the removal of a commercial land-use restriction, now preparing to raze the shuttered strip mall in the coming months to eventually make way for an urban village-style neighborhood with thousands of residences alongside gr

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  • Poll: Housing industry is part of affordability problem

    Poll: Housing industry is part of affordability problem,Jonathan Lansner

    What’s the biggest cause of high housing costs in the nation? Industry insiders answer that government bureaucracy slows or prevents the construction of new housing, compounded by the public’s “not-in-my-backyard” aversion to adding homes in their neighborhoods. Well, one poll shows the typical Amer

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  • You’d Never Guess This Modern Home Was Built from Shipping Containers

    You’d Never Guess This Modern Home Was Built from Shipping Containers,Stefan Gheorghe

    Shipping container homes have become a symbol of sustainability and creative architecture. By reusing industrial containers, architects can design efficient, durable, and strikingly contemporary living spaces that fit both urban and off-grid living. We previously covered an extensive list of these i

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  • Scripps’s New Tool Predicts Ocean Contamination Days in Advance

    Scripps’s New Tool Predicts Ocean Contamination Days in Advance,Cole Novak

    For years, San Diegans near our southern beaches have learned to treat the Pacific with suspicion. On a day when the water looks inviting, invisible pathogens may be drifting north from Tijuana, where a water treatment plant struggles to contain its outflow. Swimming in these conditions can feel les

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